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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1974
Page
7
Dear House Doctor: a dripping faucet over the bathtub is hard to diagnose. The letter explains steps from removing the handle to exposing the gland nut, using a spark plug wrench, and replacing a washer, with emphasis on careful disassembly, cleaning, and tightening the packing nut only as needed.
Zoning Administrator Stuart A. Hurd lists April permits for Bennington including Theodore Senecal Murphy Road change to dwelling. Jacob Whitesell Route 7 south change of use. Carl Capella Barney Road mobile home park expansion. Jerod Sanders Vail Road dwelling addition. Hoisington Realty Mountain View Road dwelling addition. Leo Gauthier Jr Middle Pownal Road single-family dwelling. Charles Dewey III Monument Road single-family dwelling. Robert Humphrey 4 Jennings Drive back porch. Patrick Kinney Park Street Ext addition. David Buzzell Regwood Drive addition. Robert Gilroy Pleasant Valley Road garage. Sylvia Cassano Coleville Road subdivision. Barbara-Jean Realty Northside Drive shopping plaza expansion. Chemical Fabrics Northside Drive addition. Steven Leonard Main Street sign. Bernard J. Bellemare East Road pool and patio. Total estimated cost 693350. Government Small Business Week remarks note Vermont firms and luncheon in Bennington where Small Businessman of the Year will be named.
Twenty apprentices at the Economy Graphics plant in North Bennington received certificates at a May 4 dinner-dance hosted by Local 236 of the Graphic Arts International Union. Vermont Secretary of Development Donald V. Webster and Union president Kenneth Brown lauded the trainees, with others like Ralph Williams and Anthony Davanzo in attendance.
The Vermont Heart Association continues its risk factor screening program for industry workers across Vermont. Since November 1972 the free service, run by the Cardiac-in-Industry Committee, screens employees with a health questionnaire and measurements, then refers results to their doctors for follow up and counseling. 10,000 participants show 49 percent with family history, 43 percent smoke, 12 percent have high blood pressure, 31 percent are overweight, 14 percent have high cholesterol, and 2 percent have elevated blood sugar.
The commission releases a two volume handbook to aid employers in ending discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Free limited copies available by mail to Springfield Virginia address. bulk orders through Government Printing Office at Washington. The guide is a starting point for building non discriminatory employment practices, not a discrimination charge guarantee.
The article recounts Thomas Cook’s centenary of inventing travelers checks and outlines his role in creating the first travel agency, packaged tours, ocean cruises, and early world tours. It notes notable Cook’s adventures, early travel innovations, wartime control, and the recent sale to British private investors with the American unit remaining autonomous.
Vermont jobless workers received 1,969,396 dollars in regular unemployment benefits in April, down from March and above last April. Extended benefits totaled 117,422 dollars as regular benefits ran out. The last full week saw 9,438 claimants, up from 6,380 a year earlier. Federal benefits to veterans and former federal employees added 57,587 and 22,360 dollars, with 17,705 dollars paid for MDTA training.
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